Facebook Share Etiquette

You log in, you see a video posted by a friend, you play it, you get excited by it, sharing it with your group of friends becomes an absolute must, you think about the protocol to be followed.

Simply re-sharing it and stealing the spotlight from the friend who originally shared it will be rude. So in addition to ‘liking’ it, you also leave a comment (When new to the game, you also tend to wait for a while). With the legal rights now thus bought, you unabashedly share it.

The moment the red notification pops up, you get anxious and tend to it. Good response to that shared, you feel proud as though as you created the video. Lukewarm, you think your friends have a different (and therefore inferior) taste and shrug it off. In case the guy who shared it after you gets more response, you feel downcast.

My favorite movies of 2009

The list is surprisingly unremarkable as I relied on lists compiled by others. The gems forgotten by the masses have been forgotten here too.

Funny People: Judd Apatow, a slim Seth Rogen, a fat Jonah Hill and a brooding Adam Sandler.

Moon: Sam Rockwell’s loneliness, despair and Clint Mansell’s score.

Star Trek: Sci-fi Entertainment

(500) Days of Summer: The customary indie hit of the season. Following in the footsteps of Little Miss Sunshine, Juno.

Drag Me To Hell: Sam Raimi’s laughter riot.

Watchmen: Read the comic if you want to appreciate it.

Coraline: Awesome visual design

The Hurt Locker: Too intense, one might complain.

Honorable mentions: Werner Hezrog’s/Nic Cage’s Bad lieutenant, Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Paranormal Activity, The Hangover.

(The movies mentioned aren’t in any particular order)

The ones that might have made it had I seen them:- Matt Damon’s The Informant!, Fantastic Mr.Fox, Up In The Air, Coen brothers’ A Serious Man

District 9 was okay, not “legendary sci-fi”. Up was a big let down, the clips (not included in the movie) were more fun. Avatar’s tacky dialogue and flimsy storyline cannot be made up by graphics and all that jazz.